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Tuesday, March 31
- : (no reading, first class).
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Thursday, April 2
- : No class due to Passover (which begins this evening).
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Monday, April 6
- : Locke, Essay, Book I, ch. I (Introduction), § [4] The symbol
§ stands for “section”; §§ means “sections.” If you are unsure (or a
bit rusty) on how to read Roman numerals, used for the book and
chapter numbers here, there is a handy guide on Wolfram MathWorld.
8; ch. II (No innate speculative principles [5] Note that, in some editions,
the introduction isn’t included in the numbers of chapters. In those
editions, this chapter (“No innate speculative principles”) is chapter I,
the following one (“No innate practical principles”) is chapter II, and the
last one (“Other proofs against innate principles”) is chapter III.), §§1–5
and 15–16; ch. III (No innate practical principles), §§1–8; ch. IV (Other
proofs against innate principles)), §§1–8 and 17–18. (This lecture will be
at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.)
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Tuesday, April 7
- : No class due to the seventh day of Passover (which begins
this evening).
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Thursday, April 9
- : No class due to the last day of Passover.
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Friday, April 10
- : Book II, ch. I, §§1–6 and 23–5, and ch. II (all). (This lecture
will be at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.)
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Monday, April 13
- : Locke, Essay, Book II, ch.’s IV, VI, and VII (all);
ch. VIII, §§7–26; ch. IX, §§1–4 and 11–15; ch. X, §§1–2; ch. XI, §§1–10.
(This lecture will be at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.)
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Tuesday, April 14
- : Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XII (all); ch. XIII, §§1–14 and
19; ch. XIV, §§1–6 and 17; ch. XVI, §§1–5; ch. XVII, §§1–3, 7–8, 12, and
15. ME #1 due.
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Thursday, April 16
- : Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XX, §§1–2 and 15–16;
ch. XXI, §§1–14, 21–5, and 29; ch. XXII, §§1–4; ch. XXIII, §§1–12;
ch. XXV (all); ch. XXVI, §§1–2; ch. XXVII, §§1–3, 8–10, and 26.
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Tuesday, April 21
- : Locke, Essay, Book II, ch. XXVIII, §§4–11; ch. XXIX,
§§1–6; ch. XXXI (all); and ch. XXXIII, §§1–8 and §17. ME #2 due.
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Thursday, April 23
- : Locke, Essay, Book III, ch. I, §§1–2; ch. II (all); ch. III,
§§1–8, 11–12, 15–18; ch. IV, §§1–7; ch. VI, §§1–10, 28–30, 33, 39; ch. IX,
§§15–16; ch. X, §§1–10, 14, 17–18, 34. ME#3 due.
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Tuesday, April 28
- : Locke, Essay, Book IV, ch. I (all); ch. II, §§1–7, 14–15;
ch. III, §§1–21; ch. IV, §§1–13; ch. VI, §§1–9; ch. VII, §§1–3 and 15–16.
No ME due.
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Thursday, April 30
- : Locke, Essay, Book IV, ch.’s VIII–IX (all); ch. X,
§§1–11; ch. XI, §§1–4, 8, 12–13; ch. XIV (all); ch. XVII, §§1–3, 5–13;
ch. XVIII (all). ME #4 due.
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Tuesday, May 5
- : Berkeley, Principles, Introduction (pp. 7–23). No ME due.
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Thursday, May 7
- : Berkeley, Principles, §§1–84 (pp. 23–56). ME #5 due.
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Tuesday, May 12
- : Berkeley, Principles, §§85–end (pp. 56–87). ME #6 due.
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Thursday, May 14
- : Hume, First Enquiry (i.e., Enquiry Concerning Human
Understanding), §§1–4. No ME due.
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Tuesday, May 19
- : Hume, First Enquiry, §§5–7. No ME due.
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Thursday, May 21
- : No class due to Shavuot (which begins this evening).
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Monday, May 25
- : Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part II. ME #7 due. (This lecture
will be at the usual class time, 5:20–6:55pm, via Zoom only.)
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Tuesday, May 26
- : Hume, Treatise, Book I, Part IV, §§2 and 4. ME #8 due.
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Thursday, May 28
- : Hume, Treatise, Part IV, §§6–7; Appendix, from
“I had entertain’d some hopes” through “that will reconcile those
contradictions.”
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Friday, May 29
- : ME #9 due.
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Tuesday, June 2
- : Second Enquiry (i.e., Enquiry Concerning the Principles
of Morals) §§I–IV. Introductory paragraph and outline of final
paper due. No ME due.
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Thursday, June 4
- : Hume, Second Enquiry §§V and IX. No ME due.